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National Weather Service Topeka KS
536 AM CDT Fri Apr 24 2026

KSZ039-242100-
Topeka-Shawnee KS
39.08N  95.62W Elev. 979 ft
536 AM CDT Fri Apr 24 2026

Date             Fri 04/24/26            Sat 04/25/26            Sun 04/26/26
CDT 3hrly     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      75          49          76          55          74
Temp             51 60 68 73 71 60 54 51 50 64 73 76 72 62 59 57 55 63 70 73 71
Dewpt            45 48 50 49 50 49 47 46 46 52 54 53 54 50 50 51 53 57 59 59 60
RH               80 64 52 43 47 67 77 83 86 65 51 45 53 65 72 80 93 81 68 62 68
Wind dir          N NE  N NE NE  E  E  E  E SE SE  E  E  E  E  E  E SE SE SE SE
Wind spd          8 10 10 10  6  4  3  5  5  8 10 10 10  6  5  6  8 10 13 13 13
Wind gust                                                              24 25 24
Clouds           FW CL FW CL CL CL CL FW SC SC B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0          20          50          60
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.07        0.08        0.22
Rain shwrs                                      S  S  C  C  C  C  C  C  L  L  D
Tstms                                           S  S  C  C  C  C  C  C  L  L  D


Date          Mon 04/27/26  Tue 04/28/26  Wed 04/29/26  Thu 04/30/26
CDT 6hrly     01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          59    76      44    70      47    72      48    66
Temp          64 61 73 70   53 46 65 68   52 48 68 67   54 50 62 60
Dewpt         62 61 59 50   44 42 45 45   44 44 47 49   48 47 47 45
PWind dir        SE     W      NW     N      NE     E      NE    NE
Wind char        GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2 SC FW   FW FW FW SC   FW FW SC SC   B1 B1 B2 B2
PoP 12hr         90    20       5     5      20    30      40    50
Rain shwrs     D  L  S                        S  S  C    C  C  C  C
Tstms          D  L  S                                      S

$$
KSZ040-242100-
Lawrence-Douglas KS
39.02N  95.22W Elev. 820 ft
536 AM CDT Fri Apr 24 2026

Date             Fri 04/24/26            Sat 04/25/26            Sun 04/26/26
CDT 3hrly     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      74          47          75          55          73
Temp             52 60 67 72 71 59 53 50 49 63 72 75 71 62 59 57 55 63 70 73 71
Dewpt            46 50 51 50 50 49 47 46 46 53 54 53 53 50 50 51 53 57 60 60 60
RH               80 69 56 46 47 69 80 86 89 70 53 46 53 65 72 80 93 81 71 64 68
Wind dir          N  N  N  N NE NE  E  E  E SE SE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E SE SE SE
Wind spd          9 10 10 10  6  4  4  4  5  8 10 10  9  6  6  6  8 10 12 13 12
Wind gust                                                              23 25 24
Clouds           FW CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW SC B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0          20          60          60
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.09        0.25
Rain shwrs                                      S  S  L  L  C  C  C  C  L  L  D
Tstms                                           S  S  L  L  C  C  C  C  L  L  D


Date          Mon 04/27/26  Tue 04/28/26  Wed 04/29/26  Thu 04/30/26
CDT 6hrly     01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          60    77      45    70      47    71      48    65
Temp          64 61 74 70   53 46 65 67   52 49 68 67   55 50 61 59
Dewpt         61 61 60 52   44 42 45 47   44 44 48 49   47 47 47 46
PWind dir        SE    SW      NW     N      NE     E      NE    NE
Wind char        GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2 SC FW   FW FW FW SC   FW FW SC SC   B1 B1 B2 B2
PoP 12hr         90    30       5     5      20    30      40    50
Rain shwrs     D  D  C                        S  S  C    C  C  C  C
Tstms          D  D  C                                      S

$$
KSZ054-242100-
Emporia-Lyon KS
38.34N  96.20W Elev. 148 ft
536 AM CDT Fri Apr 24 2026

Date             Fri 04/24/26            Sat 04/25/26            Sun 04/26/26
CDT 3hrly     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      75          50          76          56          73
Temp             51 60 67 74 71 59 55 52 52 64 72 76 72 63 60 58 57 63 68 72 72
Dewpt            46 50 52 51 51 50 49 48 49 55 57 55 55 53 54 55 57 59 60 61 62
RH               83 69 59 44 49 72 80 86 89 73 59 48 55 70 81 90100 87 76 68 71
Wind dir          N NE  N NE  E  E SE SE SE SE SE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E SE SE SE
Wind spd          8 12 11 11  9  5  5  8  8 11 13 13 10  9  9  9 10 12 16 17 13
Wind gust                                                                    24
Clouds           FW CL CL FW CL CL CL FW SC B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12hr                      0           0          40          60          60
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.06        0.19        0.20
Rain shwrs                                      C  C  L  L  C  C  C  C  L  L  L
Tstms                                           C  C  L  L  C  C  C  C  L  L  L


Date          Mon 04/27/26  Tue 04/28/26  Wed 04/29/26  Thu 04/30/26
CDT 6hrly     01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          61    75      46    71      49    73      50    65
Temp          66 62 72 69   54 46 65 69   54 51 68 67   56 52 60 60
Dewpt         63 62 57 50   44 42 45 46   45 46 48 50   49 48 49 44
PWind dir        SE     W      NW     N      NE     E       E    NE
Wind char        BZ    BZ      GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B1 FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW B1 B1   B1 B1 B2 B2
PoP 12hr         60    10       0     5      20    30      50    50
Rain shwrs     L  C                           S  C  C    C  C  C  C
Tstms          L  C                                      S  S     S

$$
KSZ022-242100-
Manhattan-Riley KS
39.15N  96.67W Elev. 1030 ft
536 AM CDT Fri Apr 24 2026

Date             Fri 04/24/26            Sat 04/25/26            Sun 04/26/26
CDT 3hrly     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      74          48          75          53          72
Temp             49 58 67 73 72 59 53 51 49 62 70 74 71 62 59 55 54 62 68 72 71
Dewpt            41 45 46 45 47 47 47 46 46 52 52 52 53 51 51 52 53 57 58 59 62
RH               74 62 47 37 41 64 80 83 89 70 53 46 53 67 75 90 96 84 70 64 73
Wind dir         NE NE NE NE  E  E  E  E NE SE SE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E SE SE SE
Wind spd          6 11  9  9  9  4  4  5  3  8 10 11  9  5  5  6  6 10 13 13 12
Wind gust                                                              24 25 23
Clouds           FW CL CL FW CL CL CL FW SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0          50          60          70
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.34        0.12        0.29
Rain shwrs                                S  S  C  C  L  L  C  C  C  C  L  L  D
Tstms                                           C  C  L  L  C  C  C  C  L  L  D


Date          Mon 04/27/26  Tue 04/28/26  Wed 04/29/26  Thu 04/30/26
CDT 6hrly     01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          57    71      43    70      46    72      48    65
Temp          64 58 68 68   51 45 64 68   52 48 67 69   54 50 60 61
Dewpt         61 58 53 46   41 40 40 43   42 43 45 47   47 46 44 42
PWind dir        SE     W      NW     N      NE     E       E    NE
Wind char        GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B1 SC FW   FW FW SC SC   FW FW B1 SC   B1 B1 B2 B1
PoP 12hr         80    20       5     5      20    30      40    50
Rain shwrs     D  L  S                        S  C  C    C  C  C  C
Tstms          D  L  S                                   S  S

$$
KSZ020-242100-
Concordia-Cloud KS
39.55N  97.65W Elev. 1364 ft
536 AM CDT Fri Apr 24 2026

Date             Fri 04/24/26            Sat 04/25/26            Sun 04/26/26
CDT 3hrly     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      73          49          71          52          70
Temp             47 57 65 72 72 60 56 52 50 58 66 70 66 59 56 54 52 57 63 68 69
Dewpt            33 35 36 36 38 42 46 46 46 49 51 50 50 51 52 51 51 54 57 59 59
RH               58 43 34 27 29 51 69 80 86 72 58 49 56 75 86 90 96 90 81 73 70
Wind dir          N NE  N NE  E SE SE SE  E SE SE SE  E  E  E  E  E  E SE SE SE
Wind spd          8 11  9  8 10 10 11  9  5 10 12 13 11 10 10 10 11 13 16 17 14
Wind gust                                                           24 26 27
Clouds           FW FW CL CL CL FW CL SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 OV B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           5          70          60          80
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.16        0.09        0.30
Rain shwrs                                C  C  L  L  L  L  C  C  L  L  D  D  D
Tstms                                           L  L  L  L  C  C  L  L  D  D  D


Date          Mon 04/27/26  Tue 04/28/26  Wed 04/29/26  Thu 04/30/26
CDT 6hrly     01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          53    65      41    68      45    70      46    63
Temp          61 54 62 63   48 43 60 65   51 47 65 67   53 48 58 59
Dewpt         59 54 49 43   40 38 38 39   41 41 43 43   45 45 42 39
PWind dir        SE    NW      NW     N       E     E      NE    NE
Wind char        GN    BZ      GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    B2 SC SC SC   FW SC SC SC   FW SC SC SC   B1 B1 B2 B1
PoP 12hr         90    20      10    10      20    30      50    50
Rain shwrs     D  L  S                        S  S  C    C  C  C  C
Tstms          D  L  S                                   S

$$
KSZ059-242100-
Garnett-Anderson KS
38.28N  95.24W Elev. 997 ft
536 AM CDT Fri Apr 24 2026

Date             Fri 04/24/26            Sat 04/25/26            Sun 04/26/26
CDT 3hrly     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      74          50          76          57          73
Temp             54 62 69 74 71 59 55 52 51 64 73 76 73 63 60 58 57 63 69 72 71
Dewpt            52 53 55 53 52 50 49 48 49 55 57 56 56 54 54 55 56 59 60 61 62
RH               93 72 61 48 51 72 80 86 93 73 57 50 55 72 81 90 96 87 73 68 73
Wind dir          N  N  N NE NE NE  E  E  E SE SE  E  E  E  E  E  E SE SE SE SE
Wind spd          8 11 11 11  9  4  4  5  8 10 10 11  9  8  8  9 10 11 13 13 13
Clouds           SC FW CL CL CL CL CL FW SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0          20          70          70
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.19        0.28
Rain shwrs                                      S  S  L  L  C  C  C  C  L  L  D
Tstms                                           S  S  L  L  C  C  C  C  L  L  D


Date          Mon 04/27/26  Tue 04/28/26  Wed 04/29/26  Thu 04/30/26
CDT 6hrly     01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          62    78      46    71      50    71      50    64
Temp          66 63 77 72   55 47 65 69   55 51 67 67   57 52 60 59
Dewpt         62 63 59 53   46 42 46 49   47 46 50 51   49 49 50 47
PWind dir        SE    SW      NW     N      NE    NE       E    NE
Wind char        GN    BZ      LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2 SC FW   FW FW FW FW   SC SC B1 B1   B1 B1 B2 B2
PoP 12hr         80    20       5    10      30    40      50    50
Rain shwrs     D  L  S                        C  C  C    C  C  C  C
Tstms          D  L  S                                   S  S     S

$$
KSZ012-242100-
Hiawatha-Brown KS
39.85N  95.54W Elev. 1099 ft
536 AM CDT Fri Apr 24 2026

Date             Fri 04/24/26            Sat 04/25/26            Sun 04/26/26
CDT 3hrly     04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      72          46          72          52          73
Temp             49 56 65 70 69 57 52 49 47 60 69 72 70 60 57 55 53 62 70 72 70
Dewpt            40 43 45 44 45 43 43 42 42 46 48 47 46 45 45 45 46 49 52 51 53
RH               71 62 48 39 42 59 71 77 83 60 47 41 42 58 64 69 77 62 53 48 55
Wind dir          N  N  N  N NE  E SE SE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E SE SE SE SE
Wind spd         10 12 11 11  8  4  5  6  5  9 10 12 10  8  8  9 10 13 16 17 16
Wind gust                                                                 27 26
Clouds           FW CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0          20          50          60
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.04        0.21
Rain shwrs                                      S  S  C  C  C  C  C  C  L  L  D
Tstms                                           S  S  C  C  C  C  C  C  L  L  D


Date          Mon 04/27/26  Tue 04/28/26  Wed 04/29/26  Thu 04/30/26
CDT 6hrly     01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          57    72      43    67      44    70      46    65
Temp          62 59 69 66   49 45 63 65   50 46 66 66   52 47 60 59
Dewpt         56 57 53 43   37 35 38 38   37 37 40 40   41 39 39 38
PWind dir        SE     W      NW     N      NE    NE      NE    NE
Wind char        BZ    BZ      GN    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2 SC SC   SC FW SC SC   SC FW B1 SC   B1 B1 B2 B2
PoP 12hr         90    40      10     5      10    20      40    40
Rain shwrs     D  D  C  S                        S  S    C  C  C  C
Tstms          D  D  C  S

$$